The Music Week Playlist: August 3, 2018

Car sex, heroin, Jesus, Kanye… Matt Healy packs this dark-hued, punishing pop song with a freakish variety of imagery, all adding up to the message that “modernity has failed us”. Happy days.Contact Susie Embersusie.ember@umusic.com

Cat PowerWanderer (Domino)

Barely 90 seconds long, the title-track from Chan Marshall’s self-produced 10th album (due October 5) is at once ghostly and warming.Contact Aoife Kittaoife@dominorecordco.com

WaxahatcheeChapel of Pines (Merge)

One of six songs reworked at Justin Vernon’s studio for the Great Thunder EP, this is a reminder of Katie Crutchfield’s chilling way with an acoustic.Contact Alex Cullalex@braceyourself.com

Day WaveStill Let You Down (Fiction)

It’s hot, so slump in a dark room and cool off with this slow and dreamy return from Day Wave, who delighted with 2017 debut The Days We Had.Contact Dan Carson dan@they-do.com

HarleaBeautiful Mess (Roxy Princess)

The North London newcomer’s first single of 2018 is powered by soul, and it’s an electric ride through the embers of a relationship gone wrong. Contact Lauren Hales lauren@halestormpr.com

Steve Aoki (feat. Ina Wroldsen)Lie To Me (Syco)

Plentiful crunch and echo in the shadowy corners of this clubby collaboration make it a refreshing addition to the summer bangers canon. Contact Ashley Townley ashley.townley@dawbell.com